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Released last November 29th, the latest installment of the popular Kamen Rider Climax Heroes fighting game, “KAMEN RIDER SUPER CLIMAX HEROES” debuted at the eleventh spot of the Japan Video Game Rankings for that week.

Real Kyary Pamyu Pamyu responds to singer who cosplayed as AKB48 last year Takanori Nishikawa, the singer better known as T. M. Revolution, posted a photograph of himself on Wednesday with the following caption: That prompted the real model/singer...

After almost 8 months, here's the second part of my Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle movie review and continuing where we left last time, the Gokaigers are forced to team up with the Goseigers as they are stuck with them in different areas gover...

New anime for the winter season continues to find a home at Crunchyroll, and this time the hotly anticipated fantasy series Maoyu has been announced! Maoyu is based on the light novel series by Mamare Touno that initially appeared on 2channel in 2...

Nintendo have been posting character art and brief descriptions from Fire Emblem: Awakening to their Nintendo 3DS Facebook page. They plan on adding more from now up until the game’s release in February.

The annual “running of the nerds” that takes place before the doors of Comiket (Comic Market) open to the public is a sight to be seen. Every year, Comiket offers hoards of otaku their chance at snagging some extremely limited edition items, and t...

On January 1st, 1963, anime was revolutionized by the debute the of the first televised series, Astro Boy. To mark the occasion, Japan's public NHK network tried to determine the top anime heroine. A "My Favorite Heroines" popularity poll narrowe...

So I was too lazy to sort out the whole thing so here they are. Repeats of Day 2 and Day 3 obviously! Once again I wished I was in Japan for Comiket. So many chances for awesome pictures and obviously "pantsu"!

Were you looking forward to trying out the Ragnarok Online 2 open beta this week? If you don’t live in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. A day before the Ragnarok Online 2 open beta kicks off...

In an interview with 4Gamer, former Dark Souls director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and new director, Tomohiro Shibuya, discuss their new roles and plans for Dark Souls II. No longer in the director’s chair, Miyazaki is now acting as the “supervisor” fo...

We’ve seen video games play on the Arthurian legend, but Princess Arthur certainly surprised us since Idea Factory turned it into a dating sim. Whoever can pull out the holy sword from the stone becomes king and in Princess Arthur a young girl nam...

WOWOW's official page for the live action adaptation of CLAMP's supernatural manga “xxxHolic” posted another preview of the series that is slated to premiere on February 24th. Trailers are not yet available as of writing.

Since Square Enix is about to re-release the original Kingdom Hearts with HD graphics, let’s take a trip down unseen memory lane. When Squaresoft (now Square Enix) and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive) created Kingdom Hearts the character...

Remember Crimson Dragon, the Kinect-exclusive Xbox Live Arcade game developed by members of the original Panzer Dragoon team at Sega? That was supposed to be released earlier this year, but never ended up coming out.

Female anime leads ranked by fans on NHK's Shibuya Anime Land which was recently organized last November (2012). The Finalists have been drafted a few weeks back but was not ranked until today, NHK finally counted the results.

While McDonald’s Japan has been known to run some customer-pleasing promotions in the past, no amount of free hamburgers can top the stunt performed by the young female crew of one Taiwanese McDonald’s, who dressed up in pink maid outfits on New Y...

GEN Manga wraps up 2012 with a solid issue 16 that’s satisfying if not exceptional. This issue, like its previous installments, brings English-speaking readers exclusive new indie manga straight from upcoming Japanese doujin artists.

A Documentary of Japanese Style Wedding This lovely video by Happy Days Production brings us behind-the-scene of a traditional Japanese style wedding that took place the small Otari village in Nagano Prefecture.

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